Book ID: 94518
Duke, James A.
CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices. 2003. 348 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Includes the medicinal properties of over 60 spice plants, explores the culinary aspects of many medicinal spices, presents a chemical analysis of each spice, explains the biological activities of the most important phytochemicals , provides an alphabetical listing of reported indications for each spice, includes folkloric and proven reputations for a given ailment. Lists septic organisms killed or whose growth is curbed or arrested by each spice, offers recipes from around the world for "letting food be your medicine"